Utah Legislature: Madsen Backs Off Honoring Browning On King Holiday
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › February 19, 2010
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SALT LAKE CITY -- Ogden gunmaker John Browning won't share a state holiday with civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
"We don't want to go where we're not wanted," said Sen. Mark Madsen, R-Eagle Mountain. "I had an idea to honor an international icon and a favorite son of Utah and got backed into race politics."See the full content of this document
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Utah Legislature: Madsen Backs Off Honoring Browning On King Holiday
After the proposal surfaced Wednesday, local NAACP leader Jeanetta Williams said it was "a v...
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